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BJP MP refuses to remove turban at US embassy
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BJP leader Virendra Singh, a three-time Lok Sabha MP and presently representing Bhadohi (UP) refused to take the US visa after he was asked to remove his turban at the US Embassy for security reasons, asserting that his turban was a matter of his \"traditional honour\" which he cannot remove.
New Delhi: BJP leader Virendra Singh, a three-time Lok Sabha MP and presently representing Bhadohi (UP) refused to take the US visa after he was asked to remove his turban at the US Embassy for security reasons, asserting that his turban was a matter of his "traditional honour" which he cannot remove.
Virendra Singh said the US embassy had first interviewed him over farming issues and later invited him to visit to their country. Singh said he went to the embassy on Wednesday for the purpose of visa and was asked to remove his turban. "I cannot do it. I am a farmer and turban is a matter of honour for me. It is also a matter of the country's honour to me.
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